COMPRESSOR VENAE DORSALIS PENIS
\kəmpɹˈɛsə vˈɛniː dɔːsˈɑːliz pˈiːnɪs], \kəmpɹˈɛsə vˈɛniː dɔːsˈɑːliz pˈiːnɪs], \k_ə_m_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ə v_ˈɛ_n_iː d_ɔː_s_ˈɑː_l_i_z p_ˈiː_n_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of COMPRESSOR VENAE DORSALIS PENIS
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A small muscle, distinctly seen in animals, less distinctly in man, which arises from the ramus of the pubis, and ascending in a direction forwards is inserted above the vena dorsalis, joining with its fellow of the opposite side on the mesial line. Its use is supposed to compress the vein in erection. It is sometimes called the muscle of Houston, after Dr. Houston of Dublin.
By Robley Dunglison
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